Lothar Baumgarten: Journey to the Amazon

 Two classes from the Eupatoria kindergarten were invited to visit Lothar Baumgarten's exhibition Amazon Cosmos with members of the gallery. The visit focused on the children's capacity for observation and imagination, while encouraging their own artistic exploration.

Together, they explored the diversity of materials used by Lothar Baumgarten in his work, including marble, brass, feathers, photography, and film. Students took the time to listen to the sounds of nature heard in Baumgarten's film Origin of the Night.

At the end of their visit, students participated in a small creative workshop. The children were asked to bring a small broken object from their home. During the workshop, they transformed the objects by attaching colored feathers to them.

After one introductory session at their school,  the students from Ecole Primaire Avenue de République Paris 11e came to visit Galerie Marian Goodman for the first time. They discussed the diversity of forms contemporary art can take, and Lothar Baumgarten’s show was a prime example. 

At the end of their visit, students took part in a creative excercise which involved finding new titles for the photographs exhibited in the lower level of the gallery. This exercise allowed students to concentrate on the artworks, reflecting on the meaning intended by Lothar Baumgarten as well as gathered on their own.